Tasaka H, Matsuo Y
Am Rev Respir Dis. 1984 Oct;130(4):647-9. doi: 10.1164/arrd.1984.130.4.647.
Specificity of antigenic determinants in alpha antigens of Mycobacterium kansasii and Mycobacterium marinum was investigated in 170 strains classified into 16 species of slowly growing mycobacteria by the agar gel diffusion technique using the respective absorbed anti-alpha serum. The specific antigenic determinants in alpha antigen of M. kansasii were detected in all of the 20 strains classified as M. kansasii, and not in strains belonging to other species. The specific antigenic determinants in alpha antigen of M. marinum were only detected in all of the 13 strains classified as M. marinum. These results suggest that the absorbed anti-alpha-M. kansasii and -M. marinum serums are useful for serologic identification of these species of slowly growing mycobacteria.
采用琼脂凝胶扩散技术，使用各自吸收的抗α血清，对170株分为16种缓慢生长分枝杆菌的菌株，研究堪萨斯分枝杆菌和海分枝杆菌α抗原中抗原决定簇的特异性。在所有分类为堪萨斯分枝杆菌的20株菌株中检测到堪萨斯分枝杆菌α抗原中的特异性抗原决定簇，而在其他种的菌株中未检测到。海分枝杆菌α抗原中的特异性抗原决定簇仅在所有分类为海分枝杆菌的13株菌株中检测到。这些结果表明，吸收的抗堪萨斯分枝杆菌和抗海分枝杆菌血清可用于这些缓慢生长分枝杆菌种的血清学鉴定。
